Round the clock service from SriLankan’s FlySmiLes at BIA

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SriLankan Airlines’, Frequent Flyer Programme, FlySmiLes, opened its exclusive service counter at the Departure Terminal of Bandaranaike International Airport on Wednesday. The counter, open 24 hours, will be facilitating and assisting FlySmiLes’ top-tier members to enjoy pre-departure benefits granted by SriLankan Airlines to its frequent flyers. Chairman Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka,) Prasanna Wickramasuriya and Chairman SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickremasinghe,

ceremoniously opened the counter. SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier for Sri Lanka, is an award-winning airline with a firm reputation as a global leader in service, comfort, safety, reliability, and punctuality. Awards include World’s Friendliest Cabin Staff by Skytrax, Best Airline in South Asia from Travel Trade Gazette, World’s Most Reliable Operator of Airbus A330s and A340s by Airbus Industrie, and the Etihad Global Excellence Award for Best Regional Caterer. Launched in 1979, the airline’s hubs are located at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo and Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, Hambantota providing convenient connections to its global network (including codeshare partners) of 74 destinations in 37 countries around the world. SriLankan has mutual code share services with Etihad Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Air Canada, Royal Jordanian, Alitalia and Mihin Lanka. Air India and Saudi Arabian Airlines also code share on some of SriLankan Airlines’ routes. SriLankan Airlines has been invited to join oneworld and is well on track to join the world’s leading airline alliance, early this year. SriLankan will then be flying alongside some of the biggest and premier brands in the airline business – airberlin, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Royal Jordanian, Qatar Airways and S7 airlines. SriLankan Airlines, renowned for its award winning inflight service and hospitality will be the first airline in the sub-continent to join any of the global airline alliances, thus enabling the flagship carrier of Sri Lanka to offer its customers more services and benefits: such as a wider route network, opportunities to earn and redeem frequent flyer miles on any one of the oneworld carriers. Similarly, the 130 million frequent flyer cardholders of oneworld’s member airlines will be able to earn and redeem rewards on SriLankan. Members of SriLankan Airlines’ FlySmiLes frequent flyer programme will enjoy privileges and benefits throughout the oneworld network, including, for top tier members, access to 550 plus airport lounges worldwide. SriLankan will also be part of oneworld’s most extensive ranges of alliance fares.